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7 2 Sheets-Sheet 1'. J. MATTHEWS. Tramway and other Locomotives.

No. 223,746. Patented Jan. 20,1880.

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No. 223,746. Ptentdlan.20,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MATTHEWS, OF NO. 109 WHITE LADIES ROAD, CLIFTON, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND.

TRAMWAY AND OTHER LOCOMOTIVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,746, dated January 20, 1880. Application filed December 2, 1879.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MATTHEWS, of No.-109 White Ladies Road, Clifton, in the 'county of Gloucester, England, civil engineer,

have invented an Improvement in Tramway and other Locomotive-Engines; and I do hereby declare that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying sheets of drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by, which my invention may be distinguished from others of a similar class, together with such parts as- I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent--that is to say:

My invention consists in an improved construction of tramway and other locomotiveengines, whereby I am enabled to protect the working parts from dirt and grit, and to condense their exhaust.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a half front and half back end elevation of a locomotive arrangedaccording to my invention.

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively avertical section and a front view of the coinlensing-nozzles.

' The steam-cylinders A, connecting-rods B,

0 crank-plates C on the axles D, also the slides,

sliderods, and eccentrics and link-motion, are

all arranged outside the frame-plates E, and

are inclosed by a casing, F, provided with suitable doors F for oiling and examination,

5 the top of the casing forming-a platform at the sides, front, and rear of the engine, and affording free passage for the driver all around the boiler. The Wheels G are inside the frames E. The exhaust-steam passes from 0 the cylinder A through pipes H into closed boxes I, situated within the water-tanks J, the water ofwhich enters two boxes, I, through valves J, so as partly to fill them. From the upper and lower parts of the boxes I lead respectively, pipes K and L, terminating in 4 5 broad fiat nozzles K L, situated close to and at an angle with each other, so that the exhaust-steam issuing through the nozzle K is met by a jet of water issuing from L, and is thereby condensed.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and the'best means I know of'carrying the same into practical operation, I claim- 1. A tramway or other locomotive-engine having all the driving-gear arranged outside the framing and wheels and inclosed in a casing, the top of which forms a platform at the sides, front, and rear of the boiler, and which is provided with doors for access, substantially as herein described with reference to the ac- 6o companying drawings.

2. In a tramway or other locomotive-engine, the combination of the exhaust-pipe H, watertanks J, boxes I, with valves J, pipes K and L, with nozzles K and L, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth with ref erence to the accompanying drawings.

3. A tramway or other locomotive-engine having all the driving-geararranged outside the framing and wheels and inclosed in. a casing, and having also condensing apparatus consisting of the combination of the exhaust-I pipe H, water-tanks J, boxes I, with valves J, pipes K and'L, with nozzles K and L, sub stantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings. t

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 6th day of November, A. D. 1879.

JAMES MATTHEWS. Witnesses:

JOSEPH JAMES BISSICKS,

JOHN WHYATTL 

